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Harsh.
Harsh but fair, as the UK saying goes.
Very fair.
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Oddly enough, this got recommended to me today…
Rogan: I thought pipes break just because the water expands?
Tyson: Yeah, I just described that, in the opposite direction.
Rogan: But, I didn’t know it gets larger.
Tyson: That’s what expansion means. What kind of… what… what’s with your vocabulary here?
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Is that different from a Gigachad? I can’t keep track anymore.
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Um, because so many humans are stupid and arrogant? Why TF should we bring back the wooly mammoth when we can’t keep our elephants, rhinos, giraffes, and so many other wonderful animals safe from effing poachers and encroachment on their habitats?!
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It’s like flying to Mars and making our habitat u survivable while doing it.
It’s the wrong idea of what growth, progress, and science should be about. Because it’s really about getting wealthier, for the few, and limiting discovery to those avenues.
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I think the idea is to give kids with diabetes a doll they can identify with. Maybe it would help them feel less different.
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Yeah, I don’t think that’s dumb at all. Someone having a problem with it and calling it sick . . . that’s dumb. But the doll is fine. That’s not any different than a Barbie in a wheelchair, which has been done.
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My diabetes and the associated sensor, infusion set, and pump that are all essentially part of my body don’t really make me feel that different – I have far too many other very noticeable traits that serve that purpose just fine!
However there is a joy I feel when I see something like this, when I see visible sensors as an option for characters in The Sims, or even when I spot someone else wearing one. I may intellectually know other people have these cheap-ass cyborg parts too, but that’s not the same as seeing visceral evidence for it.
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That’s what I was assuming! I did not see a need to delete your post, although perhaps pointing out the comment in the screenshot would help head off the perception you meant the diabetes accessories themselves?
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Yes, there was no need to delete @womanhood_deferred. I was pretty sure you were pointing out the complaint as dumb, not the doll.
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Now I get it. I confused the concept with the commenter’s remarks.
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It would be a much better idea to halt our birds’ plummeting populations, and stopping their becoming extinct! The ignorance and arrogance of these people is breathtaking.
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Well, at least this time they picked a species that doesn’t need a non-existent mother to gestate and nurse it! I’m really not sure what they plan to use for an egg though. I guess an ostrich, and then hope that neither the last 50-plus million years of genetic changes nor the egg being a third the size cause any problems?
Just kidding, I know what they are thinking, that saying “avian dinosaurs” will sound cool to venture capitalists. 
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Given that the nearest surviving relative is probably the kiwi…
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They’re actually the tinamous! They can still fly a little, so that means that moas, kiwis, and other ratites became flightless separately. Of course that gives some idea of just how distant they really are, and their eggs are even smaller (though often very colorful, with greens and purples not seen in other birds).
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